Lawrence Arthur Jarrett Bio
Braxton County West Virginia

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LAWRENCE ARTHUR JARRETT, M. D. The medical frater-
nity of Braxton County contains in its membership men who
by reason of their knowledge and attainments form a repre-
sentative body of careful, learned and skillful physicians
and surgeons, and among them one who has won deserved
standing and patronage is Dr. Lawrence Arthur Jarrett.
Engaged in practice at Gassaway since 1913, he has won
his way into the confidence of a large practice and at the
same time has merited the appreciation of his fellow-
practitioners.

Doctor Jarrett was born at Jarrett's Ford (now Elk
View), Kanawha County, West Virginia, February 1, 1880,
and is a son of John T. and Cynthia E. (Copenhaver)
Jarrett. His father was born in the same county and state,
October 12, 1848, while Mrs. Jarrett was born in November,
1853, at Copenhaver Mills, Kanawha County, and both are
now residents of Charleston, West Virginia.  John T.
Jarrett was educated in the public schools, while his wife
had a similar education, and following their marriage they
settled down to farming in Kanawha County, where they
resided until about 1898. At that time they disposed of
their agricultural holdings and moved to Charleston, where
Mr. Jarrett engaged in the lumber business. In this, as
in his farming ventures he proved successful, and at present
he and his wife are living in comfortable retirement. Mrs.
Jarrett is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in
the work of which she is active. He belongs to the Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of
Red Men, and as a democrat wields some influence in his
community, where he formerly served one term in the ca-
pacity of deputy sheriff. He and his worthy wife became
the parents of five children: Elvin L., a graduate of the
Charleston High School, who is now an engineer in the
service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company; Dr.
Lawrence Arthur, of this review; Erna M., the wife of
John M. Nichols; Forrest L., a graduate of the common
schools, who is a conductor in the service of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad Company; and Clara M., the wife of C. O.
Reveal.

Lawrence Arthur Jarrett was reared on his father's farm
and attended the country schools as well as the Charleston
High School. Later he pursued a course at the Capital
City Commercial College, which prepared him for a business
career, and for three years he was employed as a book-
keeper. From youth, however, he had possessed a predilec-
tion for the medical profession, and finally, finding that a
business life was not congenial, he entered the Kentucky
University at Lexington, subsequently pursuing a course in
the medical department of the University of Louisville.
Thus prepared, he entered upon the practice of his profes-
sion at Swiss, where he remained for three years, and in
1913 came to Gassaway, where he opened an office and where
he has remained ever since, in the enjoyment of a con-
stantly increasing practice. Doctor Jarrett has built up a
reputation as a skilled and sympathetic physician, a close
and careful student and a talented and steady-handed sur-
geon, one who gains and holds the confidence of his patients
and the esteem and respect of his fellow-practitioners. He
is a member of the Kanawha Medical Society, the West
Virginia Medical Society and the American Medical Asso-
ciation. He has been successful in a material way, and is a
director in the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Gassaway
and a number of other business enterprises. In politics he
votes the democratic ticket. Fraternally he is affiliated with
Clay County Lodge No. 97, A. F. and A. M.; Tyran Chapter
No. 13, R. A. M.; Kanawha Commandery No. 4, K. T.; and
Beni-Kedem Shrine at Charleston.

In 1907 Doctor Jarrett was united in marriage with Miss
Mary Elizabeth Tallman, an active member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. They are the parents of two children:
John T., born March 13, 1910; and Virginia E., born June
3, 1912.

The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 289-290
Braxton